The school has turned out a large number of nationally ranked chess players; annual week-long “intraterm” before spring break required, in which students can intern or travel.

* Based on percentage of graduates over the last five years (unless otherwise noted) matriculating into Ivy League schools (Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania and Yale University) as well as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University. Click here for a full methodology.